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the 2oth of the month. If protected from these they may 

 continue blooming for a month, and be very beautiful objects 

 through early November. 



NOVEMBER. 



Liquid manure must be withheld as the flowers expand. 

 Give each plant as much room as possible, and arrange the 

 plants to the best advantage for displaying their blooms. 

 From the beginning of the month most of them will be in 

 bloom, and but little more remains to be done in regard to 

 cultivation. Careful watering, a brisk, dry atmosphere, and 

 abundance of ventilation alone are necessary. It is now 

 a good time to go through and see that all kinds are correctly 

 labeled, making observations and taking notes for future ref- 

 erence. 



DECEMBER. 



Plants that are through blooming should be cut down, leav- 

 ing one or two of the growing branches, as, if entirely cut 

 down to the soil, cuttings will not be produced freely and 

 weak or tender sorts would be liable to succumb entirely. 

 In taking out the stakes fill the holes up with soil, in order to 

 prevent the water running through without becoming dis- 

 tributed through the soil. Some growers insert many cut- 

 tings this month, and when this is deemed necessary, the 

 work should be proceeded with at once. 



Many little defects will perhaps be observed by the studious 

 grower in his selection of varieties at this season, and other 

 improvements will doubtless here and there suggest them- 

 selves : so, with new purposes and firm resolves he starts out 

 on the succeeding season's work before the present season is 

 ended. 



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